Oleh “also advised that his mother was going to force him to marry a woman,” according to the arrest warrant by Broward Sheriff’s Detective Conor Ryan. But in the summer of 2021, the victim learned that Oleh’s father “found out that he was homosexual” and “was treating him poorly and was not accepting him.”
The victim, who has asked that his identity remain secret, had dated 21-year-old Oleh for about nine months - Oleh had slept over many times and even had a key to his apartment. That means they all face up to life in prison on each count. Prosecutors have “enhanced” Inna, Yevhen and Oleh’s charges under Florida’s “hate crime” law. “Thus far, there’s really been scant and borderline nothing remotely compelling that points to this family having anything to do with this poor guy’s injuries.”Īll four are charged with first-degree attempted murder, burglary with battery and kidnapping. “Many, if not all of them, didn’t even know this person in any way shape or form and they adamantly denied being there at the residence for any of the incident,” Glasser told the station. Last week, he told Herald news partner WFOR-CBS4 that the victim’s credibility was questionable because he waited six months to implicate the family. The Makarenkos’ defense lawyer, Michael Glasser, did not immediately return a request for comment.
